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01/02: doc: Clarify who can run 'guix pull'.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: 01/02: doc: Clarify who can run 'guix pull'.
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:24:51 +0000

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit cb05108a5d69341da9d0478c5d1609e263cc38d6
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Feb 24 22:11:41 2016 +0100

    doc: Clarify who can run 'guix pull'.
    
    Suggested by Chris Marusich <address@hidden>.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Add paragraph explaining that any
    user can run 'guix pull'.
---
 doc/guix.texi |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index ccbab2c..1052f08 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -1992,9 +1992,15 @@ On completion, @command{guix package} will use packages 
and package
 versions from this just-retrieved copy of Guix.  Not only that, but all
 the Guix commands and Scheme modules will also be taken from that latest
 version.  New @command{guix} sub-commands added by the update also
-become address@hidden the hood, @command{guix pull} updates
-the @file{~/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest
-Guix, and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}.
+become available.
+
+Any user can update their Guix copy using @command{guix pull}, and the
+effect is limited to the user who run @command{guix pull}.  For
+instance, when user @code{root} runs @command{guix pull}, this has no
+effect on the version of Guix that user @code{alice} sees, and vice
address@hidden the hood, @command{guix pull} updates the
address@hidden/.config/guix/latest} symbolic link to point to the latest Guix,
+and the @command{guix} command loads code from there.}.
 
 The @command{guix pull} command is usually invoked with no arguments,
 but it supports the following options:



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